The rail bond monitor has a frequency transmitter to generate an electronic signal at a known energy level to pass through two or more impedance bonds located at an insulated rail junction between two sections of railroad tracks in order to allow a change in energy level, under analysis, at a receiver to be detected from an expected amount of energy level. An energy level detector is coupled to the receiver to detect the energy level under analysis at the receiver and compare that to the expected amount of energy level, and then generate a notice signal configured to trigger a relay output when the change in energy level under analysis is beyond a threshold amount. The relay output sends an output into a rail controller to warn that a problem exists with the impedance bonds themselves and/or the electrical paths between the railroad tracks and the impedance bonds, at a given insulated rail junction.
Rail Bond Monitor
2024-07-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English